If a City Is Set on a Height The Akkadian Omen Series Summa Alu Ina Mele Sakin Volume 1 Tablets 1-21

This volume begins the publication of the important Mesopotamian omen collection Shumma Alu. After the omen texts dealing with the examination of entrails of sacrifical anima [more]

This volume begins the publication of the important Mesopotamian omen collection Shumma Alu. After the omen texts dealing with the examination of entrails of sacrifical animals and the omens dealing with astrological phenomena, this collection ranks as next in importance. This book thus begins the presentation in primary edition of an important portion of ancient Mesopotamian religious and social literature.[less]